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List of areas depopulated due to climate change

List of areas depopulated due to climate change is a earth science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of areas depopulated due to climate change rather than just read about it. In short: This article lists several areas, regions, and municipalities that have either been completely or markedly depopulated, or are involved in plans for depopulation or relocation due to anthropogenic climate change. Several factors created or worsened by climate change can be responsible for necessitating managed retreat or the relocation of people and/or infrastructure.

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This article lists several areas, regions, and municipalities that have either been completely or markedly depopulated, or are involved in plans for depopulation or relocation due to anthropogenic climate change. Several factors created or worsened by climate change can be responsible for necessitating managed retreat or the relocation of people and/or infrastructure. These include rising sea levels, increased flooding risk, changes to the makeup of the land (e.g. a habitable area becoming a wetland), coastal erosion, increased susceptibility to dangerous cyclones, droughts, water shortages, wildfires, and other factors, all of which can overlap with each other to enhance the risk of danger or inhabitability of a formerly populated region. The lists contain a general number of the number of people moved or at risk of being moved due to climate change-related causes, as well as rough dates for when programs to relocate were first created or for when a climate disaster first caused significant forcible displacement of a population.

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Completely depopulated

Significantly impacted

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See also Climate migration Environmental migrant Extreme event attribution Space and survival Great Filter Managed retreat List of landmarks destroyed or damaged by climate change

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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In research: List of areas depopulated due to climate change appears in earth science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
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In the classroom: List of areas depopulated due to climate change is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Climate change-related lists, Effects of climate change, Environmental issues, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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